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Canadian Baseball League
2012 Articles |
| CBL Magic Numbers 2012 
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A magic number is a number used to indicate how close a front-running team is to "clinching" a season title. It represents the total of additional wins by the front-running team or additional losses by the rival team after which it is mathematically impossible for the rival team to capture the title in the remaining games.
The formula to calculate the magic number is:
MAGIC NUMBER = 163 - WA –LB
where WA is the number of wins team "A" has in the season & LB is the number of losses team "B" has in the season. (Let's say Team A is 96-58 & Team B is 93-62). The magic number for team "A" to win the division is (163- 96 - 62 = 5). Therefore any combination of wins by team "A" and losses by team "B" totaling 5 makes it impossible for team "B" to win the division title.
CBL Magic Numbers
League Date: September 26, 2012
| Farmers | Wins | Losses | Magic # |
| East |
| Sask Yellow Jackets | 104 | 54 | |
| Moose Jaw Dragons | 103 | 54 | y |
| Central |
| Cold Lake Mud Cats | 110 | 48 | x |
| West |
| Kelowna Americans | 105 | 53 | x |
| Wild Card |
| Moose Jaw Dragons | 103 | 54 | y |
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| Fishermen | Wins | Losses | Magic # |
| East |
| Charlottetown Blues | 98 | 59 | x |
| Central |
| Quebec Bulldogs | 90 | 68 | |
| Drummondvile Doughboys | 85 | 72 | 1 |
| West |
| Toronto Polar Bears | 102 | 56 | x |
| Wild Card |
| Guelph Storm | 93 | 64 | y |
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"x" Clinched Division Title
"y" Clinched Wildcard
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